Children's Defense Fund_Dominguez_Per1 by Ashley Dominguez https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z Recruitment for CDF en-us 2019-03-04 16:28:34 UTC 2019-03-12 14:38:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png Who are we and what our our objectives? ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338459421 The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.]]> 2019-03-06 16:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338459421 What do we do? ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338461175 For more than 40 years, Child Defense Fund has worked closely with state and local child advocates as well as national and state organizations serving children to level the playing field for children through a variety of programs and initiatives. Child Defense Fund has worked to educate the public on our children at risk and provide them with the necessary tools to apply pressure to the political establishment to improve the lives of children.


]]> 2019-03-06 16:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338461175 Our strategies ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338468538 The Child Defense Fund has championed federal legislation that benefits children, including the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975; later renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (1980). The organization has also pushed to increase Medicare funding for children, increase tax credits to families with children, expand health-insurance coverage to all American children, and increase funding for children’s programs such as Head Start, which provides educational and other services to low-income children and their families.]]> 2019-03-06 16:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338468538 Supporting Candidates: ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338470853 Barack Obama, John McCain, and Joe Biden]]> 2019-03-06 16:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338470853 Policies we support: ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338472684 Child poverty
Child healthcare
Education
Child welfare
Early childhood development
Youth justice
Gun violence prevention

]]> 2019-03-06 16:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338472684 How did we get started ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338474113 Through the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm that monitored federal programs for low-income families and, out of her initiative for that, she founded the Children's Defense Fund.

]]> 2019-03-06 16:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338474113 Our founder: ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338475634 Marian Wright Edelman]]> 2019-03-06 16:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338475634 Our accomplishments ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338476365 We have built CDF schools with a curriculum built around: 
  • High-quality academic enrichment
  • Parent and family involvement
  • Social action and civic engagement
  • Inter-generational servant leadership development
  • Nutrition and mental health
to ensure that children fall in love with reading, increase their self-esteem,and generates a more positive attitude toward learning
]]> 2019-03-06 16:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338476365 How to participate ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338479060 There are both jobs and internships offered on the Children Defense Fund website.]]> 2019-03-06 16:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338479060 Benefits for being a member ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338531995 quotes given by previous workers for the CDF: "Mission driven, amazing work culture, super insurance, retirement, more vacation and sick paid time off than I have ever heard of."
"Impact on the youth, classroom management experience, positive atmosphere"]]> 2019-03-06 18:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338531995 Why should you get involved? ehal9127 https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338535355 You get the chance to  lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation]]> 2019-03-06 18:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/adom3310/raolqytc9c2z/wish/338535355